Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

That stance was clearly aimed at him.

In that brief moment of hesitation, Wenjie suddenly sprang to her feet, her movements so swift they were like a fleeting afterimage.

The blade flashed coldly as it was aimed straight at Zhang Chengkang's heart!

"..."

Zhang Chengkang reacted immediately, retreating as far back as possible while turning his body to the side, keeping his chest away from the knife tip.

But Wenjie was prepared. With a flick of her wrist, the knife tip fell vertically, piercing his thigh. She then pulled it out instantly, and blood gushed out.

"Uh……"

Zhang Chengkang was in pain, but Wenjie had also been caught off guard by his close pursuit, allowing him to land a punch that sent her flying.

"cough!"

With just one punch, Wenjie's face contorted in rage as she was sent flying into a C-shape, rolling several times before crashing to the ground.

At the same time, Zhang Chengkang staggered to his feet, but because he stepped back, he ended up standing right next to the head nurse.

With a swing of his long arm, the head nurse slammed Zhang Chengkang against the wall despite his attempt to block. The repeated attacks made his vision go black and his head spin.

As a supernatural being, the headless head nurse launched an indiscriminate attack, nearly killing Zhang Chengkang, before turning her attention to Wenjie.

Seeing that the scene was about to turn into a three-way battle, Wenjie stood up and glared:

"roll."

Her pupils dilated rapidly, the black of her eyeballs filling the entire eye.

The supernatural suppression took effect; the head nurse froze, her movements slowed considerably, and her limbs trembled and twitched.

As the saying goes, the person who knows the current affairs is a good man.

Realizing that the woman in front of her was not someone to be trifled with, the headless head nurse immediately turned around and faced Zhang Chengkang again.

"Miss Jiang's job is really not easy..."

Zhang Chengkang dragged his tired body to his feet again, gripped his knuckle duster, and stood alone in front of the headless head nurse and Wenjie.

"Still not giving up?" Wenjie asked, somewhat surprised.

She didn't understand; why risk her life when running was something she could have done simply by running?

Are the ferrymen really that well-paid? Are they all working for Deadpool?

"There's no way around it, I've already agreed to be the child's bodyguard."

Zhang Chengkang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and pushed up his glasses with his middle finger:

"The children are still working hard; it would be too inappropriate for the adults to lie down first."

His tone was very flat, as if he were saying, "The weather is nice today."

As soon as he finished speaking, his shattered body charged out again, throwing punches to fight two opponents at once.

"boom--!"

Dust billowed up, this time with particularly intense force, and the smoke and cracks spread directly into the adjacent No. 2 corridor...

"Cough cough!"

Su Yining waved her hand: "What's going on? A construction crew got into Ling Cage?"

"The elite man is throwing a punch."

While dodging Zhang Yan's bandages, Chen Shi gave instructions:

"Senior! Stick to the plan, put the ID photo on the wall!"

"it is good."

Su Yining immediately took out the adhesive tape—which she had taken from the drawer when printing the photos.

She smeared adhesive all over the back of the ID photo, then slammed it against the wall, pressing it firmly with her slender fingers until the tips turned red from the force.

"All right……"

Su Yining turned around and suddenly froze.

Before Chen Shi, Zhang Yan's bandages began to fall off rapidly, countless bandages twisting like snakes and climbing all over the corridor.

"Shh...shh..."

Centered on Zhang Yan, the bandages bloomed like flowers, covering the sky and swallowing even the last few rays of light.

At the very center, Zhang Yan, as the "flower stamen," had her body completely exposed beneath the bandages.

It was a charred brown body whose skin was no longer recognizable, covered in burn marks, with its pupils bulging outwards and its eyeballs bloodshot.

Two tear tracks hung on her face.

"Chen Shi, be careful!" Su Yining shouted anxiously.

"Uh……"

Zhang Yan let out a mournful cry, as if exhaling her last breath, and raised her hands, about to clap...

"Don't think about it!"

Chen Shi reacted quickly, throwing the rope in the darkness, wrapping it around her left hand, and pulling hard!

"呲呲-"

As the flames scorched the withered skin, Zhang Yan immediately screamed:

"Eeee!!"

With a scream, the bandages in the air fell down instantly, gathered together, and rushed straight towards Chen Shi.

Chen Shi had anticipated this, and at the moment Zhang Yan screamed, he pulled back the rope and immediately kicked backward to avoid it.

Countless bandages fell instantly on the spot where he had just been, the impact sending him flying backward.

"I caught you! I... mmm..."

Su Yining staggered a few steps and hurriedly caught Chen Shi from behind. Her petite body strained to support Chen Shi, and her face turned red.

"Thanks... get out of the way!"

Just as Chen Shi stood up, several bandages rushed over instantly!

He reacted quickly, pushing Su Yining as he stood up, the bandages immediately piercing the ground like blades.

But that's not all...

Before he could even catch his breath, the bandages covering the corridor began to fall one after another, each bandage edge as sharp as if it had been sharpened, like thorns piercing the ground.

Chen Shi and Su Yining dodged back and forth, and bandages fell like rain, carrying a sharp edge that could only be avoided.

"They're so fast! If you hesitate for even a second, you'll be turned into a hedgehog..."

Chen Shi looked at the charred, malevolent spirit Zhang Yan in the center and felt a chill run down his spine.

He raised his hands and clapped them vigorously:

"Clap!"

The moment the clapping sound rang out, Zhang Yan turned around sharply!

His face was charred black, his eyes bulged out, and his almost invisible pupils stared intently at them.

"Clap clap!" Chen Shi clapped his hands again.

"Uh--"

As if provoked, Zhang Yan rushed over instantly, half of the bandage piercing the ground and the other half wrapped around her body, lifting her into the air, leaving behind a trail of charred ash and water stains wherever she went.

Chen Shi seized the opportunity, threw out the rope, wrapped it around Zhang Yan's ankle, and then pulled hard!

"Get down here!"

A burning sound was heard, and the suspension rope's restraint effect activated, unexpectedly pulling Zhang Yan to the ground.

Chen Shi immediately retrieved the rope, then threw it out again, taking advantage of Zhang Yan's next attack to lasso her upper body and quickly tighten it, temporarily controlling her.

"Got you?"

He took a deep breath, pushed off with his legs, and slid past Zhang Yan, tightening the rope and turning her around. The movements were fluid and graceful, like those of a well-trained horseman.

"Uh!"

Zhang Yan knelt down, and the ground immediately turned to ash upon contact with her knees, while water seeped out from the ashes.

She screamed shrilly, and several bandages instantly rose up, circling in the air before hurtling straight toward Chen Shi...

"Chen Shi, above your head!"

Su Yining was shocked and immediately ran over, even having the urge to shield him from the bandages—after all, she was a spirit, so this kind of attack wouldn't kill her, but it would really hurt.

However, something unexpected happened.

Chen Shi suddenly tightened the rope, simultaneously stepping on the loop to forcibly pull Zhang Yan's upper body up:

"Look carefully, who's in front of you!" he gritted his teeth.

The next second, Zhang Yan's eyes suddenly focused, and her brown body froze instantly, like a machine that had been running for a long time suddenly crashing.

She knelt down, facing the wall.

And on the wall was her husband's ID photo.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still.

The bandage remained in place, and the burn marks stopped there as well.

Zhang Yan stared at the ID photo on the wall, tears streaming down her almost nonexistent eyes.

"How could this be? How could this be..." Su Yining covered her mouth, staring at the scene before her in disbelief.

Chen Shi also saw it.

Zhang Yan's body began to blur, her form began to disintegrate, and her fingertips began to turn to ash.

She was showing signs of fading away.

"The second way to die is actually real..."

Even now, Chen Shi finds it hard to believe.

Recalling the last sentence of her notes—she finally broke down in tears.

Zhang Yan did not die from the fire, but rather from grief as she wept for her husband amidst the flames.

Chapter 37 Exorcising the Sorrowful Spirit

Chaos reigned in Corridor 2, with dust filling the air and bandages covering the walls, some of which still pierced the ground, making it resemble a scene from hell.

Chen Shi gripped the hoisting rope tightly, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

"The speculation is correct."

Before her, Zhang Yan knelt on the ground, her withered body no longer struggling, her eyes bulging as she stared intently at the ID photo on the wall.

Her husband's ID photo.

"Waaaaah..."

A faint, almost imperceptible sobbing sound could be heard.

However, this time it wasn't the woman crying in the corridor that came from the ghost of Zhang Yan herself.

"Waaah..."

Tears streamed down her withered face, dripping onto the ground and leaving a ring of burn marks.

"what happened?"

Su Yining carefully walked forward and came to her side.

"Actually, I had two guesses about this evil spirit before. The first guess was the most conservative one, that it was burned to death."